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UTAH – A Utah gymnast who dreams of making the Olympic Trials in June is fighting for that chance after COVID-19 slowed her training. Very few circumstances can drain the energy from gymnast MyKayla Skinner. The 2018 NCAA vault champion and all-around silver medalist left the University of Utah to train for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics. But a bout with COVID-19 in December slowed her training significantly. “For two weeks I felt like I couldn’t move off the couch,” said Skinner, who was an alternate for the 2016 Olympic team. “I was sick, tired and exhausted. It was so weird…

UTAH – Two bills in the Utah Senate could change how you purchase alcohol. One of those bills, Senate Bill 119, aims to make it legal for Utah bars and restaurants to sell alcohol as a to-go option. Sponsored by Sen. Derek Kitchen (D-Salt Lake), S.B. 119 would allow Utahns to purchase sealed alcoholic beverages from the bars and restaurants via curbside pickup and deliveries. Current Utah law restricts the purchase of alcohol to only inside stores. In a Jan. 21 tweet, Sen. Kitchen says the bill aims to help bars and restaurants forced into a “new model of operating”…